Culture VI, John Regan, Marsha Ambrosius - All I Got To Give lyrics

I've been judged all my life
Criticized about decisions I made
Working non-stop with limited breaks
Giving six-figure efforts
Earning minimum wage
I can't sleep - for every blink
There's a cent to be made
I won't rest to until the day of my death
The day they lay me in a grave
And I can say that I gave it my best
Nothing less or I made a mistake
I was lying when I said I
Was ready to be taken away
Not until the clouds are gone
Long away from grey
Knowing it won't rain where my babies stay
Sunshine over my wife, watering my seeds
To raise the plants I laid to make a legacy
I won't stop until my organs give up
My heart gives out my throat gets cut
Whatever deaths got to pitch out
I'm gonna take it to the full count
The last eight ball at the pool house
And even the corner pocket to point out

Sometimes it’s gonna be hard
But we can make it better
Sometimes it don’t work
So we gotta be stronger
You know that I can feel your pain
I know sometimes it's gonna rain
In this life we live
I'll give you all I got to give

Now I know I'm not the
Only guy dealing with stress
But why do I gotta be the
One that's so familiar with death?
It's like, I know I ain't dreaming
But I can't believe it
Either the grim reaper's here
Or the banshees' screaming
Here to take a star from my
Movie off of my set
And I'm the film director
Screaming with the bullhorn, vexed
And I ain't suicidal
But I'm taking that step to say:
"If you come around again
You're making me next"
My grandpop passed '02 without a clue
Or a sign at all
My family foundation started to fall
And it was hard losing my grams
She nurtured all the roots of this man
You understand, she was the glue to the fam
It crushed my heart in the
Hospital seeing her cry
Holding my hand telling me that
She was scared to die
I couldn't take it at the wake the straight
Face she had gave me the shivers
It made me wanna crawl in
That coffin with her

Sometimes it’s gonna be hard
But we can make it better
Sometimes it don’t work
So we gotta be stronger
You know that I can feel your pain
I know sometimes it's gonna rain
In this life we live
I'll give you all I got to give
All I got to give is my heart and my love
No I can't give up
On all of the things that I fear
Still I miss you so
I wish that you were here

I had a dream to paint the world that I seen
Then, I seen the world I dreamt
I gave it all I got to give
But, I still gotta give more
My little girl's about the only
Thing I live for
Life ain't a destination - it's a journey
So how I made it here to
Where I am now concerns me
I don't care where I go
I just care how I get there
And watch the world spin while I sit there

Sometimes it’s gonna be hard
But we can make it better
Sometimes it don’t work
So we gotta be stronger
You know that I can feel your pain
I know sometimes it's gonna rain
In this life we live
I'll give you all I got to give